Intertidal climate change indicators (MarClim) SNH CR939

What is it: 

A two-year programme of ecological surveys around the rocky coast of Scotland was completed for Scottish Natural Heritage by the Scottish Association for Marine Science and the Marine Biological Association. The programme revisited and extended the spatial coverage of a set of surveys done between 2002 and 2010, with reference to earlier studies from the 1950s to 1980s.

The aim was to interpret changes in geographical distributions and abundance of species in the context of recent climate (principally temperature) change, on both short- and long-term timescales.

MS Maps NMPi shows 6 layers, based on figures 8, 9 and 10 of SNH Report (see Data Sources tab below) that show:

  1. MarClim - SNH CR939 - Purple topshell, Gibbula umbilicalis (2014-2015) – report figure 8a.
  2. MarClim - SNH CR939 - Purple topshell, Gibbula umbilicalis (2002-2010) – report figure 8b.
  3. MarClim - SNH CR939 - Poli's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus stellatus (2014-2015) – report figure 9a.
  4. MarClim - SNH CR939 - Poli's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus stellatus (2002-2010) – report figure 9b.
  5. MarClim - SNH CR939 - Montagu's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus montagui (2014-2015) – report figure 10a.
  6. MarClim - SNH CR939 - Montagu's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus montagui (2002-2010) – report figure 10b.
Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas: 
Chapter 6: Climate Change
Data originators: 
NatureScot
This information page is part of the theme: 
Climate Change
Figure 9 (a) Chthamalus stellatus distribution in 2014 - 2015 © SNH
More Information: 

For further details of the SNH study, see the link to the SNH Commissioned Report 939 - Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change (MarClim) Scotland 2014-15 in the data Sources tab.

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Links and Resources

Map Typesort descending Click title for metadata and licence information Date of data View Map
Map Layers (NMPi) MarClim - SNH CR939 - Montagu's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus montagui (2002-2010) 2017-12-31 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) MarClim - SNH CR939 - Montagu's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus montagui (2014-2015) 2017-12-31 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) MarClim - SNH CR939 - Poli's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus stellatus (2014-2015) 2017-12-31 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) MarClim - SNH CR939 - Poli's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus stellatus (2002-2010) 2017-12-31 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) MarClim - SNH CR939 - Purple topshell, Gibbula umbilicalis (2014-2015) 2017-12-31 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) MarClim - SNH CR939 - Purple topshell, Gibbula umbilicalis (2002-2010) 2017-12-31 Access this map on NMPi
Type Link Title External Link
Reports, Web link SNH Commissioned Report 939 - Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change (MarClim) Scotland 2014-15 www.nature.scot